Best Native AI Companies in Ohio, United States
The 58 best Native AI companies in Ohio, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Path Robotics.
Our analysis of 100 Native AI companies
$80.0b in tracked funding; 98% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Native AI companies in Ohio
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Path Robotics Manufacturer of intelligent welding cells using physical artificial intelligence technology | $171M | 20 mo ago | 184 184 → 233 (+27%) | 2014 | Andrew Lonsberry Co-Founder & CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressSentry+31 | 90 patents Robotic welding automation: seam detection, pose adjustment, and laser vision systems | 2 awards |
| 2 | Remesh AI-powered platform for fast, high-quality, and cost-effective research | $43M | 42 mo ago | 150 | 2013 | — | WebflowSentryAmazon Web Services+27 | — | 1 award |
| 3 | Pieces Developer of an AI-powered tool for managing developer workflow context | $14M | 24 mo ago | 47 | 2020 | Mack Myers Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer | Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+25 | — | — |
| 4 | Mantium Operator of an online platform providing slot and casino games | $13M | 56 mo ago | 33 | 2021 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | FinOpsly Provider of cloud, data, and AI spend management and automation 40AI top 20%Funding top 40%Tech bottom 49%Talent bottom 49% All 6 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 40% Techbottom 49% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 31% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $8.3M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $8M | 7 mo ago | — | 2024 | Kiran Jain Co-Founder & CEO | SanityTurbopackNode.js+16 | — | — |
| 6 | Cognovilabs Provider of social media analytics solutions | $8M | 31 mo ago | 20 | 2016 | Beni Gradwohl Co-Founder and CEO | — | — | — |
| 7 | DASI Simulations AI-based pre-procedural planning for structural heart surgery | $7M | 2 mo ago | — | 2019 | Lakshmi Dasi Co-Founder | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+24 | — | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 8 | Kaya AI-powered construction project management | $5M | 17 mo ago | — | 2023 | Ojonimi Bako CEO | Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+19 | — | — |
| 9 | GanAI Platform offering solutions for creating personalized videos | $5M | 37 mo ago | 60 | 2021 | Suvrat Bhooshan Founder & CEO | WebflowRiveGSAP+28 | — | — |
| 10 | Satelytics Developer of geospatial analytics software for industrial challenge detection and alerting | $5M | 72 mo ago | 20 20 → 35 (+75%) | 2009 | — | Craft CMSPHPYii+11 | — | — |
| 11 | Bagel Platform for building, trading, and licensing machine learning datasets | $3M | 29 mo ago | — | 2023 | Bidhan Roy Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 12 | Scheduler Cloud and AI based platform offering appointment scheduling application | $3M | 27 mo ago | 8 | 2021 | Mike Bell Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft Clarity+19 | — | — |
| 13 | Rosalyn Provider of an AI-based virtual assessment platform | $2M | 18 mo ago | 4 | 2017 | Martin Jakobsson Co-founder and CTO | — | — | — |
| 14 | Cladwell App-based personal shopper and stylists solutions | $2M | 74 mo ago | — | 2012 | Erin Flynn Co-Founder and CEO | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+18 | — | — |
| 15 | RoshAi Provider of AI-powered autonomous driving technology | $1M | 3 mo ago | — | 2021 | Rajaram Moorthy Co-Founder & CTO | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Zoho+12 | — | 1 internship |
| 16 | NimbusWeb Provider of AI powered portals for internal and external collaboration | $700K | 22 mo ago | 45 | 2023 | Pavel Sher Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — | — |
| 17 | MedaSync AI-based software for data intelligence and workflow automation | $550K | 10 mo ago | 5 | 2016 | Ryan Edgerly CEO | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 18 | zypl.ai AI-based credit scoring solution for financial and credit institutions | $500K | 3 mo ago | 35 | 2019 | Azizjon Azimi Founder & CEO | Framer SitesReactLenis+7 | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 19 | Orthogonal Provider of a unified API platform for accessing various data sources | $500K | 6 mo ago | — | 1993 | Christian Pickett Co-Founder & CEO | TurbopackNode.jsClerk+13 | 108 patents Advanced photolithographic processes and fluorinated polymer resists for organic electronic device fabrication. | 1 job opening · 3 partnerships |
| 20 | Cladoop Emotional and behavioral health measurement and analysis | $500K | 156 mo ago | 11 | 2012 | Muzammil Alam Co-Founder & COO | — | — | — |
| 21 | Phronesis Artificial Intelligence Developer of an AI platform for small molecule therapeutic design | $300K | 58 mo ago | 4 | 2018 | Richard Fine Founder/ CEO | — | 7 patents AI-driven targeted molecular design and spatial data analysis using transformer networks | — |
| 22 | Ardis Developer of AI based reading software application | $150K | 75 mo ago | 3 | 2019 | Julie Mecca Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 23 | Fresho Provider of automated Google Ads campaign creation and management services | $100K | 36 mo ago | — | 2023 | Scott Glasgow Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 24 | PixElement Geospatial data solutions: mapping, extraction, and delivery for business intelligence | $100K | 57 mo ago | 6 | 2014 | Benjamin Vander Co-Founder & President | — | — | 2 launchs |
Top 12 Native AI companies in Ohio
#1
Seed · Dublin, Ohio · founded 2019$7Mraised▾
AI-based pre-procedural planning for structural heart surgery. The company offers an advanced individualized computational predictive modeling powered by artificial intelligence and computer vision that provide interventional cardiologists with precise insights into patient-specific heart conditions, reducing risks and enhancing outcomes.
- Apr 2026Seed$1.1M
- Apr 2025Seed$300K
- Aug 2024Grant (prize money)$443.5K
- Feb 2024Convertible Debt$5M
#2
Series D · Columbus, Ohio · founded 2014 · 184 employees$171Mraised▾
Manufacturer of intelligent welding cells using physical artificial intelligence technology. The company's cells adapt in real-time for agile welding, even with part variations. These cells automate fabrication for industries including manufacturing, critical infrastructure, defense, and heavy industry. The technology facilitates the construction of structures such as ship hulls, utility poles, data centers, and mining equipment.
- Oct 2024Series D$100M
- Jul 2021Series C$100M
- May 2021Series B$56M
- Dec 2018Series A$12.5M
#3
Series A · Mason, Ohio · founded 2024$8.3Mraised▾
Provider of cloud, data, and AI spend management and automation. The company offers a system to unify cloud, data, and AI operations. It allows users to generate cost estimates before deployment. The system connects cloud, data, and AI spend into a single source. It also delivers automated cost attribution mapped to business units.
- Dec 2025Series A$6.4M
- Oct 2024Seed$1.9M
#4
Seed · Delaware, Ohio · founded 2021$1Mraised▾
Provider of AI-powered autonomous driving technology. It offers retrofit-ready software/hardware stacks for Level 4 autonomy in trucks, buses, and cars across logistics, mining, ports, and factories. The company's offerings include fleet management systems and perception intelligence frameworks.
- Apr 2026Seed$2.4M
- Dec 2024Seed$708.2K
- Aug 2024Seed$1M
#5
Series A · Delaware, Ohio · founded 2019 · 35 employees$500Kraised▾
AI-based credit scoring solution for financial and credit institutions. It enables banks and microfinance organizations to underwrite loans, both offline and digitally, to consumers with limited or no credit history. It also offers solutions for credit management and client management.
- Mar 2026Series A$5.5M
- Feb 2025Series A$3M
- Apr 2024Seed—
- Jun 2023Seed$500K
#6
Seed · Columbus, Ohio · founded 1993$500Kraised▾
Provider of a unified API platform for accessing various data sources. It offers tools for integrating with AI agents and applications. The platform provides access to search, scraping, datasets, and AI models. It also features natural language search and automatic failover capabilities.
- Jan 2026Seed$500K
#7
Seed · Columbus, Ohio · founded 2023$5.3Mraised▾
AI-powered construction project management. The platform helps users plan, organize, and oversee construction tasks with intelligent tools. It supports scheduling, coordination, and progress tracking through an integrated online system designed for building project workflows.
- Jan 2025Seed$5.3M
#8
Seed · Cleveland, Ohio · founded 2016 · 5 employees$550Kraised▾
AI-based data intelligence and workflow automation software. Solutions offered by the company include cost analytics, case management, and business intelligence. Cost analytics assists in the identification of high-cost medications and equipment. Case management aids in the management of patient stay, monitoring clinical changes, and service costs, and transitions.
- Aug 2025Seed—
- Feb 2024Seed$1.6M
- Jul 2018Seed$550K
- May 2018Grant (prize money)$25K
#9
Series A · Dublin, Ohio · founded 2017 · 4 employees$2.5Mraised▾
Rosalyn provides an AI-based virtual assessment platform. Enables users to author, publish, sell, deliver, invigilate and manage their entire assessment workflows. The platform analyzes multiple signals to prevent, deter, and detect non-independent test-taking and informs human arbiters when serious violations occur
- Dec 2024Series A$4.6M
- Dec 2020Seed$2.5M
#10
Series A · Cincinnati, Ohio · founded 2020 · 47 employees$13.5Mraised▾
Developer of an AI-powered tool for managing developer workflow context. The tool captures context from browsers, IDEs, and collaboration tools. It manages code snippets and supports multiple language models. The tool processes data locally, providing control over information. It integrates with tools to streamline and elevate coding processes.
- Jul 2024Series A$13.5M
#11
Series A · Cleveland, Ohio · founded 2013 · 150 employees$42.7Mraised▾
AI-powered platform for fast, high-quality, and cost-effective research. It is a SaaS platform revolutionizing research with AI technology, enabling live digital focus groups, surveys, and in-depth video interviews at scale. The platform offers tools for gathering and analyzing insights, surfacing resonant ideas, and generating summaries. It supports global insights with built-in translation and provides flexible support options. The platform empowers researchers to explore markets, detect blind spots, engage employees, discover pain points, uncover unmet needs, build brands, respond to crises, and build consensus. It is designed for both seasoned researchers and insight seekers, offering a user-friendly design, AI assistance, auto-moderation, and seamless integration. The technology delivers reliable results, enabling users to organize and analyze responses, understand audience segments, and address business challenges with authentic voice.
- Dec 2022Series A$4.2M
- Mar 2020Series A$25M
- Mar 2018Series A$10M
- May 2017Series A$2.2M
#12
Series B · Dayton, Ohio · founded 2016 · 20 employees$8.3Mraised▾
Provider of social media analytics solutions. It offers a platform that provides users with deep insights and actionable information for better decision making. Users can track any subject or brand by creating a campaign. The platform also provides side by side comparison of sentiment and emotion analysis of users brands and competitors. The company uses machine learning based technologies to generate data insights.
- Dec 2023Series B$6.7M
- Nov 2021Series A$100K
- Aug 2020Series A$3.1M
- Oct 2018Seed$30K
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What Ohio researches in artificial intelligence
Ohio State, Ohio University, and Ohio Northern University lead Ohio's AI research—focused on neural networks and statistical modeling—with a cautiously optimistic tone (mean stance 0.27) skewing toward breakthroughs.
- The Ohio State University25
- Ohio University1
- Ohio Northern University1
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